Sally Rippin, Hey Jack! The Worry Monsters, 아빠랑 같이 연습해볼까?

 

단어 시험을 두고 자신이 없어 쪽지를 구겨진 채로 가방 안에 쑤셔 놓은 잭. 밤마다 워리몬스터들로 인해 잠을 설치고 학교에 가면 배가 아프다. 결국 시험날 배가 아파 양호실에 가게 된 잭에게 아빠가 내 놓은 해결책. 잭 아빠처럼 인격적으로 아이를 도우려면 아직도 많이 배워야겠다.  

'I had a spelling test today,' he says. 'I forgot to practise the words.' 'You forgot?' says his dad. He lifts his eyebrows and smiles. Jack sighs. 'I'm terrible at spelling, Dad,' he says in a little voice. 'I just can't do it!' 'That doesn't sound like my Jack,' his dad says. He gives Jack a cuddle. 'Why don't we practise the words together?' 'You will have to go back to school sometime, and the spelling test will still be there.' Jack climbs out of bed. He pulls the wrinkled paper from his school bag and hands it to his dad. His dad read the words. 'Hmm. Some of these are tricky,' he says. 'But I have an idea. Come and help me with some cooking.'